National Shipbuilding Day of Action

Shipbuilders will hold simultaneous rallies and events around Australia on Friday to send a message to the Federal Government that action is urgently needed to save their jobs and the industry.

“Hundreds of shipbuilders have already lost their jobs in the past few months, including hundreds in the Hunter NSW, Williamstown Melbourne and in Adelaide at ASC,” said AMWU Assistant National Secretary Glenn Thompson.

“Any further delay to commissioning work will see Australia lose this industry entirely – which is increasingly seeming like the Government’s plan.”

Just last week, Federal Government leaks suggested that the yards at Williamstown and Newcastle would be ‘jettisoned’ altogether.